Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:21:39 02/13/00
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On February 13, 2000 at 03:15:12, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On February 12, 2000 at 19:53:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I don't believe they are doing this. They are applying -40c to the cpu, but
>>the heat it is producing prevents the cpu from getting to -40 during operation,
>>I'd bet. I'd bet the real cpu temp is well over 0c, if it has a temp
>>thermocouple as my xeons. do. My xeons run at about 106F under heavy load,
>>for a reference.
>
>Possibly. I wouldn't know. If they aren't getting the CPU down to -40, then I
>don't see why they would be taking such precautions against condensation.
>(Somebody else posted about this yesterday.)
>
>Regardless of the actual temperature, it's obviously going to be much cooler
>than a normal computer. And that makes switching times go down. And that's what
>matters.
>
>-Tom
Here are a couple of articles from Tom's Hardware. The first is about the
cooling system itself (dated December 5th, 1997) and the second is on the
SuperG.
http://www7.tomshardware.com/cpu/97q4/971205/index.html
http://www7.tomshardware.com/cpu/99q4/991115/index.html
Albert Silver
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